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Inoculating Composted Pine Bark with beneficial organisms to make a disease suppressive compost for container production in Mexican forest nurseries

José Villa Castillo
Native Plants Journal, September 2004, 5 (2) 181-185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/NPJ.2004.5.2.181
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At a Mexican nursery, we compost pine bark, inoculate it with beneficial microorganisms, and use it to grow conifer seedlings in containers for reforestation. In this article, I describe how we make composted pine bark (CPB), a technically and economically viable alternative to expensive, imported growth substrates. CPB is easy to produce and can be made on a small scale, generating permanent nursery and reforestation jobs and promoting the stability of Mexican forest plantation companies. We have found that using CPB minimizes use of fungicides in the nursery. I discuss how to inoculate composted bark with bacteria (Bacillus spp.) and fungi (Trichoderma spp.) to enhance suppression of root disease organisms.

  • inoculation
  • CPB
  • Bacillus subtilis
  • Trichoderma spp
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  • (Mexican pines) Farjon and others (1997)
  • (other plants) USDA NRCS (2004)
  • (fungi) Farr and others (2004)
  • © 2004 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
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Inoculating Composted Pine Bark with beneficial organisms to make a disease suppressive compost for container production in Mexican forest nurseries
José Villa Castillo
Native Plants Journal Sep 2004, 5 (2) 181-185; DOI: 10.2979/NPJ.2004.5.2.181

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José Villa Castillo
Native Plants Journal Sep 2004, 5 (2) 181-185; DOI: 10.2979/NPJ.2004.5.2.181
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  • inoculation
  • CPB
  • Bacillus subtilis
  • Trichoderma spp
  • (Mexican pines) Farjon and others (1997)
  • (other plants) USDA NRCS (2004)
  • (fungi) Farr and others (2004)
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